YOGYAKARTA - Bus tickets from Yogyakarta Giwangan Terminal to various destination cities both on the island of Java and Sumatra and Bali for the long year-end holidays have been sold out until early January 2023.
"Tiket for the destinations of Jakarta, Sumatra, and Bali, has been sold out until January 3 next year," said Yogyakarta Giwangan Terminal Service Unit Coordinator Bekti Zunanta as quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 25.
According to him, the flow of passengers during the long year-end holiday this year has increased significantly compared to the same period last year because there are no more travel restrictions imposed.
In addition, the long year-end holiday which coincided with school holidays also increased the number of passengers who used the land transportation mode.
"The better road infrastructure is also one of the reasons for many people who then take advantage of land transportation modes," he said.
Although tickets for a number of these destinations have been sold out, Bekti said that they will not yet operate an additional bus fleet to meet passenger needs.
Until now no additional fleet has been dispatched. Everything is still served by regular fleets," he said.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, Bekti said that it was the peak of the homecoming flow for Christmas passengers, with a total of 6,126 passengers arriving by intercity intercity bus (AKDP) and intercity interprovincial (AKAP) intercity buses and 7,382 passengers departing.
When compared to the same period last year, passenger movements at Giwangan Terminal increased by 77 percent for arrivals and 59 percent for departures.
"The increase in passenger flow at Giwangan Terminal during the year-end holidays has begun to be seen in the middle of this week," he said.
The peak of passenger movement is expected to increase again before the turn of the year.
During the year-end holidays, the average number of passengers departing or arriving at Giwangan Terminal was recorded at around 3,000 people per day.
"We have prepared several posts to provide services to passengers such as security and health posts. And even though there are no restrictions, we still hope passengers comply with health protocols," he said.
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